Schiller Law is the preeminent estate planning, business succession, and tax compliance firm, offering extensive expertise and value-added benefit to its clients. We represent clients throughout California, often assisting them with their most challenging issues. Estate Planning and Trust Administration When helping you plan for the future, we always start by asking, if there was no such thing as taxes, how would you like to distribute your estate? We believe that the best estate plans achieve the client's wishes first while ensuring that their personal needs are met during life and preserving the assets of the estate. Services include: Structuring and drafting of wills and living trusts, durable powers of attorney for financial management, advance health care directives, community property agreements, etc. Succession planning for business owners, family partnerships, and LLCs Planning fiduciary and trustee liability, charitable trusts, trust and estate administration, life insurance planning, and post-death tax planning. Taxation This includes counseling and representation before the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board and Tax Court. Business Planning This includes the organization of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies and the ongoing operation of these entities; buy-sell agreements; the purchase and sale of assets and/or ownership of closely held businesses; key-person employment agreements; and the transition of ownership to family members or key employees.